Schaumburg is not only Woodfield mall, shopping and fancy restaurants nor just a place where people go to work during the day or a place to return to sleep during the night. It’s also a place where people can enjoy the outdoors during the summer.
This Chicago suburb is primarily known for Ned Brown Preserve – a place with paved trails and a chain of connected pools that are better known as Busse Lake (during the warm summer months there are plenty of people barbequing, riding bikes, canoeing or fishing).
Schaumburg Park District maintains nearly 1,100 acres of park land. Included in it is 55 playgrounds and 34 ball fields (12 of them are lighted).
So, what are the parks maintained by the Park District?
- Abrahamsen Park
- Apollo Park
- Atcher Island
- Atcher Park
- Belle Park
- Bock Neighborhood Center
- Bock Park
- Bond Park
- Brandenburg Park
- Briar Pointe Park
- Bunker Hill Park
- Campanelli Park
- Colony Lake Park
- Community Recreation Center
- Connelly Park
- Cove Park
- Derda Park
- Doherty Park
- Dooley Park
- Duxbury Park
- Eagle Park
- Einstein Park
- Falk Park
- Freedom Park
- Golf and Knollwood Park
- Gray Farm Park and Conservation Area
- Hilltop Park
- Hoover Park
- Jaycee Park
- Jerry Handlon Administration Building
- K-9 Dog Park
- Kay Wojcik Conservation Area at Oak Hollow
- Ken Alley Safety Park
- Kessell Park
- Kingsport East Park
- Kingsport Lake Park
- Knollwood Park
- Lancer Creek/Twin Ponds Park
- Levitt Detentions
- Liberty Park
- Linden Park
- McLemore Park
- Meineke Park
- Meineke Recreation Center
- Merkle Cabin at Spring Valley
- Mraz Park
- Nantucket Park
- Olde Nantucket Park
- Olde Salem Park
- Olympic Park
- Park St. Claire Conservation Area
- Pat Shephard Center
- Paul Revere Park
- Pembroke Park
- Pochet Park
- Polk Brach Park
- Prairie Park
- Roberts Park
- Russ Parker Park
- Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
- Salk Park
- Savannah Trace Park
- Schaumburg Baseball Stadium
- Schaumburg Golf Club
- Schaumburg Regional Airport
- Schaumburg Tennis Plus
- Sheffield Ridge Park
- Slingerland Park
- Sport Center
- Sunset Park
- Terada Park
- The Water Works
- Timbercrest Park
- Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley
- Veterans Park
- Village in the Park
- Volkening Heritage Farm at Spring Valley
- Volkening Lake
- Walnut Greens Golf Course
- Woodstock Park
- Zocher Park
Wow, that’s a lot of parks for a city with population of little over 70,000 people, isn’t it?
It’s worth nothing that these parks have different amenities so it’s worth checking them out here before you head out.
Some of them can be used for picnics/parties while others are good for bicycling, golf, volleyball, tennis or soccer.
With 81 parks scattered throughout Schaumburg there’s something for everyone and being easily accessible is what draws a lot of people to them year-round.
Directions to Schaumburg Park District from Naperville IL via I-355N:
- Get on I-88 E from Mill Street
– Head east on W Jefferson Ave toward S Mill St
– Turn left at the 1st cross street onto S Mill St
– Turn left onto Diehl Rd
– Turn right onto Winfield Rd
– Turn right to merge onto I-88 E toward Chicago - Continue on I-88 E. Take I-355 N to Roselle Rd in Schaumburg Township. Take the Roselle Rd exit from Illinois Rte 390
– Merge onto I-88 E (toll road)
– Take exit 132 to merge onto I-355 N toward NW Suburbs (partial toll road)
– Merge onto I-290 W
– Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 5 for Illinois Rte 390 W
– Continue onto Illinois Rte 390
– Take the Roselle Rd exit - Continue on Roselle Rd. Drive to E Beech Dr in Schaumburg
– Turn right onto Roselle Rd
– Turn right onto E Beech Dr - Arrive at Schaumburg Park District at 235 E Beech Dr, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Directions to Schaumburg Park District from Inverness IL via S Ela Rd and Roselle Rd:
- Head south on S Ela Rd toward Bradwell Rd – 2.3 mi
- Turn left onto IL-62 E/W Algonquin Rd – 0.9 mi
- Turn right onto Roselle Rd – 4.1 mi
- Turn left onto E Beech Dr – 0.3 mi
- Arrive at Schaumburg Park District at 235 E Beech Dr, Schaumburg, IL 60193
